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RAILWAY SIGNAL No. 569,264.. Patented Oct. 13, 1896.

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JAMES IVAYLAND, OF NEIVARK, NEHV JERSEY.

RAILWAY-SIG NAL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 569,264, dated October 13, 1896.

Application filed April 14, 1896. Serial No. 587,458- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES WAYLAND, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Signals, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to railway-signals, the object being to provide the signal device or semaphore with a simple, durable, and effective housing which will protect the movable parts at the joints from the weather and prevent the access of rain, snow, or sleet.

I carry out the invention by mounting the pivot upon which the signal or semaphore turns in a frame secured to the signal-post and by providing a cover fitting removably over the frame, so as to shed rain from the joints bet-ween the fixed and movable parts of the signal device.

The several features of novelty of the invention will be more particularly hereinafter described, and will be definitely indicated in the claims appended to this specification.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of an apparatus embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a sectional view, part being in elevation, on a plane indicated by the line a; 1 of Fig. 1, looking to the right, the cover being removed. Fig. 3 is a similar view to Fig. 2, the cover being shownin place; and Fig. at is a side elevation of the supporting frame or cover.

1 represents a signal-post, to which is secured in any suitable manner, as by bolts, a frame 2 of cast-iron. The frame is provided with side webs or flanges 3, fitting over the sides of the post, and a central aperture through which projects a stud 4, provided with a shoulder bearing against the front of the frame and upset or headed at the rear, so as to firmly secure it in place. The front end of the studis drilled and tapped with a screwthread to receive a bolt 6, a washer '7, held in place by the bolt, projecting beyond the stud and holding in place a sleeve 8, rotatably mounted 011 the stud. The sleeve is enlarged at the front end and provided with parallel ribs 9 9 at the top and bottom to carry a semaphore 10. The frame 2 is provided with an arched web 11, having a rib 12,

which acts as a guide for the cover 13, the latter being provided with an arched opening, which permits it to be hung upon the frame by dropping it over the sleeve 8. The cover overhangs an enlargement of the sleeve 8, as shown in Fig. 1, thus shedding rain away from the joint between the fixed stud and the movable sleeve and preventing snow or sleet from drifting in.

The frame is provided with cast lugs 14 14:, (see Figs. 2 and 3,) the upper walls of which are spaced sixty degrees apart and which form abutments for a projection 15 of the sleeve 8. To the sleeve within the line of the cover is attached a chain 19, which extends through the bottom of the frame and is connected with the signal-operating devices. At the rear of the arched Web 11 are stops or lugs cast integral with the frame to steady the cover in place, as shown at 16, 17 and 18. The cover may be easily removed by lifting it away from the frame when necessary for lubrication or inspection. It will thus be seen that moisture is prevented from gaining access to the joints where movement is required, and the signal device is rendered free from liability to fail to respond from freezing or choking up with foreign matter.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a railway-signal the combination of a supporting-frame secured to the post, a semaphore rotatably mounted thereon, a web on the frame overhanging the joint between the fixed and movable parts of the signal, and a cover supported by the web to exclude rain and moisture.

2. In a railway-signal the combination of a frame supported on the post, a stud secured therein, a sleeve rotatably mounted on the.

stud, a web on the frame overhanging the joint between the sleeve and the stud, and a cover supported by the web.

3. In a railway-signal, the combination of a frame supported on the post, a stud secured therein, a sleeve rotatably mounted on the stud, said sleeve being provided with a plate at the outer end having side flanges to retain a semaphore-blade, a web on the frame overhanging the joint between the sleeve and the frame, and fixed stops on the frame cooperating with a lug on the sleeve to limit its tilting movement in either direction.

4. In a railway-signal, the combination of a frame supported on the post, a stud secured therein, a sleeve rotatably mounted on the stud carrying the semaphore-blade, an over: hanging cover for the joint between the sleeve and the frame, and a flange or enlargement on the sleeve within the cover.

5. In a railway-signal, the combination of a frame supported on the post, a stud secured therein, a sleeve rotatably mounted on the stud carrying the semaphore or signal device, lugs on the frame to limit the rotary move ment of the sleeve, a projection from the sleeve cooperating with said lugs and a sliding cover over the joint between the sleeve and the frame.

6. In arailway-signal, the combination of a frame supported on a post, a stud secured therein, a sleeve rotatably mounted on the stud carrying the signal device, a sliding cover over the joint between the sleeve and the frame and a bolt and flange on the end of the stud for holding the sleeve in position.

7. Inarailway-signal, the combination'of a frame supported on the post, said frame being provided with a ribbed Web overhanging the joint between the fixed and movable parts of the signal, a rotatable signal device mounted on the frame, and a cover overhanging the joint and supported on the rib.

8. In a railway-signal, the combination of the frame provided with overhanging web 11, having a supporting-rib for the cover 13, the rotatable signal device, and the cover 13 hung upon the rib and projecting below an enlargement of the rotatable member of the signal, for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this 9th day of April, A. D.

JAMES WAYLAND. lVitnesses:

RoB'r. H. READ, LAVINIA JACKSON. 

